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Diplomacy and damage on 10 April 2022
Summary
A look back at what the days around 10 April 2022 showed: strikes on civilians, contamination in Chornobyl, and a planned trip to Moscow.
What did the days around 10 April 2022 reveal about the war in Ukraine? Three reports from 8 and 9 April point to violence against civilians, lasting environmental risk and a new diplomatic move.
Kramatorsk
On 8 April, Russian forces struck a railway station in Kramatorsk that was being used to evacuate civilians. According to officials, 57 people were killed and 109 injured. Many European officials condemned the attack. Russia's Ministry of Defence denied carrying it out.
Chornobyl
On 9 April, an "anomalously high" level of radiation was reported in parts of the Chornobyl exclusion zone. These were areas where Russian troops had dug trenches and tried to build fortifications while occupying the site, until the end of the previous month.
Talks
Also on 9 April, President Zelensky held talks with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Nehammer announced that he would meet Russian President Putin in Moscow on 11 April. That would make him the first European leader to do so in person since the war began.
Taken together, the reports show the war pressing on several fronts at once: civilians under fire at an evacuation point, contamination in a restricted zone, and a European leader preparing to go to Moscow while Russia disputed responsibility for the Kramatorsk strike.
